CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
PLoS One. 2020 May 20;15(5):e0233237. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233237. eCollection 2020.
Alongside government driven management initiatives to achieve sustainable fisheries management, there remains a role for market-based mechanisms to improve fisheries outcomes. Market-based mechanisms are intended to create positive economic incentives that improve the status and management of fisheries. Research to understand consumer demand for certified fish is central but needs to be mirrored by supply side understanding including why fisheries decide to gain or retain certification and the impact of certification on them and other stakeholders involved. We apply semi-structured interviews in seven different Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fisheries that operate in (or from) Western Australia with the aim of better understanding fisheries sector participation in certification schemes (the supply side) and the impacts and unintended benefits and costs of certification. We find that any positive economic impacts of certification were only realised in a limited number of MSC fisheries in Western Australia, which may be explained by the fact that only a small proportion of Western Australian state-managed fisheries are sold with the MSC label and ex-vessel or consumer market price premiums are therefore mostly not obtained. Positive impacts of certification in these Western Australian fisheries are more of a social and institutional nature, for example, greater social acceptability and increased efficiency in the governance process respectively. However, opinion is divided on whether the combined non-monetary and monetary benefits outweigh the costs.
除了政府推动的可持续渔业管理措施外，市场机制在改善渔业成果方面也可以发挥作用。市场机制旨在创造积极的经济激励措施，以改善渔业的状况和管理。了解消费者对认证鱼类的需求是核心，但需要从供应方的角度来理解，包括为什么渔业决定获得或保留认证，以及认证对它们和其他相关利益方的影响。我们在西澳大利亚的七个不同的海洋管理委员会 (MSC) 认证渔业中采用半结构化访谈，旨在更好地了解渔业部门对认证计划的参与（供应方）以及认证的影响以及意外的收益和成本。我们发现，在西澳大利亚的 MSC 渔业中，只有少数渔业获得了认证的积极经济影响，这可能是因为只有一小部分西澳大利亚州管理的渔业带有 MSC 标签，因此大部分无法获得船上或消费者市场的溢价。在这些西澳大利亚渔业中，认证的积极影响更多的是社会和制度性质的，例如，更大的社会可接受性和治理过程的效率提高。然而，对于非货币和货币收益是否超过成本，意见不一。
